Cameron Trussel, Elliot Guber, Joel Mendez, Brady Phillips, Branden Campbell, and Dushyant Dhundara Conceptual Design Review for “The Stabilizer”

Mission Overview Objective: Our satellite “The Stabilizer” shall ascend to 30 kilometers carrying a CCD video camera that will record a fixed image of the Earth throughout the flight We intend to prove that image stabilization on a near space balloon satellite is posible and practical The idea of image stabilization on a near space satellite is relatively unexplored and could yield to a wider variety of possible uses for near space satellites. Team Cosmos, The Stabilizer

Design: Structure 20x20x20cm foam core box Plastic Dome for optimal imaging Aluminum tape and hot glue for holding structure together Insulation 20 cm Diameter=17.8cm Team Cosmos, The Stabilizer

Design: Stabilization System Gyroscopic system Half-circular brackets System of bearings Sits inside acrylic dome Will keep camera from being affected by motion of satellite CCD Camera Bearings Brackets Team Cosmos, The Stabilizer

Functional Diagrams SwitchBattery Heater IHeater II SwitchBatteryHOBO External Temperature Probe Internal Temperature Probe SwitchBattery CCD Camera Additional Camera Storage Heaters Sensors Camera and Memory Storage Team Cosmos, The Stabilizer

Budget ItemCostWeight Ball bearings$2540 grams (3) Acrylic Dome$50<175 grams Raw aluminum$1525 grams Nylon rods$10<15 grams Memory Card $30<40 grams CCD cameraProvided150 grams Digital cameraProvided220 grams Timing circuitProvided30 grams HOBO data collectorProvided75 grams BatteriesProvided150 grams 2 heatersProvided40 grams Tape and bonding materialsProvided15 grams Foam coreProvided20 grams Team Cosmos, The Stabilizer

All adds up to… Total cost of project: $120 Total weight of materials: 680 grams (provided materials) grams (required materials)= <995 grams The rest of our weight budget will be used for insulation and structural support. Team Cosmos, The Stabilizer

Management Leader: Cameron Budget: Elliot Everyone: Engineers Brady Phillips(719) Cheraw High School9070 Hallett Hall, good at building and C++ programming Brandon Campbell, (303) , Home school, 9058 Aden Hall Cameron Trussell, (719) , Cheyenne Mountain9046 Crosman Hall, good at building and skilled at soldering Dushyant Dhundara(303) DAV Public School, Stearns East, good with machines Elliot Guber, (510) , Alameda Community Learning Center, 9038 Crosman Hall, numbers guy Joel Mendez, (720) Team Cosmos, The Stabilizer

Meeting Schedule We will have mandatory team meetings at 5:00p.m. on: September 28th October 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th November 2nd, 9th, 16th, 30th Special meetings throughout for building and design Team Cosmos, The Stabilizer

Deadline Schedule Complete design Sunday, September 28th Order materials Thursday, October 2nd Acquire all materials Thursday, October 7th Build first box Sunday, October 12th Whip test, final structural layout planning The week of October 12th Prototype built Sunday, October 19th Cold test Sunday, October 19th Bring prototype into class for demos Thursday, October 23 Complete satellite builtSunday, November 2nd In-class mission simulation test Tuesday, November 4th Another In-class mission simulation test Thursday, November 6th Troubleshooting Tuesday, November 4 th - Friday, November 14 th Pre-launch Inspection and LRR Tuesday, November 11th Satellite complete and turned inFriday, November 14th, 1400

Biggest Worries Our bearings not being loose enough Structural integrity of the dome Maintaining temperature with plastic as part of a wall Memory for the CCD camera